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H. STOGKMAN. Y-LAST'.

1:10. 329,785. Patented Nov. 3, 18,85.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

H. STOOKMAN.

' LAST. Patented Nov 3,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S'IOGKMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,785, dated November3, 1885.

Application filed August 1, 1885. Serial No. 173,240. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY STooxMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLasts, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its object to provide a last for holding shoesand boots while being repaired,whereby the use of the knee for holdingthe last, to which, as usually employed, it is strapped, is whollyobviated, and whereby provision is made to accommodate the holding ofshoes and boots of the various sizes worn, while the last is reversible,end for end and sole for sole, and can be turned so as to dispose thetoe end of the last to either side, as the workman may desire.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my last.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the basewith its adjunctive or certain parts removed. Fig. 4 is a sectionalelevation ofthe last with parts in side view. Fig. 5 is a section takenon line 00 a: of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of my invention I employ a base, A, which ispreferably a plate casting, about centrally connected by a pivotbolt,to, to the floor or other substantial or rigid support.

B is the last proper, which is of a twofold nature, comprising two toeand partial sole portions, 12, with an oblique continuous connectingportion, 1), the whole being made or cast in one piece and reversed,sole for sole, whereby one sole portion is utilized in steadying andretaining in position the last while the other sole portion is in use,and whereby when for any reason-as, for instance, on account of wear orother causeone sole portion becomes unfit for use the other sole portioncan be used. Said partial sole and toe portions of the last of courseare made with the usual con+ formation to adapt the same to the innercontour of the shoe or foot portion of the boot, as shown.

C is a partial sole and heel extensible portion or piece, being shapedor oonformedto harmonize with either of the aforesaid sole and toeportions 12, by the joint use of which a sole in its entirety ,includingthe toe and heel portions, is formed, producing a working implement orlast for the shoe or boot. The extensible part 0 is preferably ofdovetail shape in cross-section acertain portion of its length, and fitsand slides in a corresponding longitudinal groove, 0, made in eachpartial sole and toe portion b, with its dovetailed portion providedwith a binding or holding screw, d, the inner or lower end of whichscrew is blunt and bears upon the base or bottom of the groove 0.Bytighteningsaid screw its pressure will cause the upwardly-taperingsides of the extensible part 0 to firmly bearagainst the same shapedsides of the groove 0, and thus effect the holding as against endwisedisplacement of the part or extension 0 at its point of projection orextension. Upon one side of the groove 0, at the edge, is a series ofgraduations or a measure to permit of 7 5 the adjustment or extension ofthe part 0 to adapt the last to the size of the shoe, accord ing as itmay be numbered. Upon the opposite side of said groove 0, also at theedge thereof, is a series of graduations, d, adapted to permit of afiner adjustment of the extensible part 0, to provide for measurementsthat cannot be made by the scale or graduations d. At the .heel end theextension or part 0 is formed or provided with a pendent arm or post, 0,which serves as a support therefor at said end, said post or armentering at its lower end a groove, 6, made in the upper surface of eachsole and toe portion 1), about at the instep, which effects the guidingof the movement of the said post or arm during the adjustment orextension of the part 0. The lower part b of the last B rests and issupported upon a post, f, connected to or let into the base or plate A,while the extreme toe end of said part bis held as against endwise andlateral displacement by a dog or arm, D, pivoted to an elevation orextension of said base or plate. The upper end of said dog is curved tooverhang the toe end of said part b, and provided with a holding orbinding screw, j, bearing upon said toe end, thus effecting the latter,as aforesaid.

E is a pedestal or stout post,with its extreme lower end tapered, as atg, to center and give it a firm bearing in acorresponding socket, g, inthe base A,which it enters, said pedestal or post also having ashoulder, 9 at the base of its tapered portion,whieh shoulder rests uponsaid base. The upper end of the pedestal or post E has connection withand supports the upper part b of the last, about at the instep, the saidend of pedestal being concaved, as at i, to conform to the convexity ofsaid part b, and projecting about centrally, as at i", from itsconcavity t, and entering a socket or mortise, h, of the said part b.

F F are straps, each being held upon or connected at its lower end toeach end of a common bolt, j, passed through apertured studs or ears 7;,cast upon the base or plate A, the upper ends of which straps areadapted to be buckled together and over the shoe or foot of the bootheld upon the last to firmly hold the boot or shoe upon the last forrepairing by the workman. It will also be seen that the combined soleand toe portions or parts I) of the last can be reversed,end for end,which, of course, carries with it the reversal of sole for sole, thepreviously downwardly-being sole taking the place of the upward-facingsole, the extensible .partO also being removed from the part b withwhich it was formerly used and applied to the other part Z), permittingthe separate use of each sole.

I do not limit myself to the particular form and construction of partsherein shown and described as an embodiment of my invention, as I amaware that various modifications can be made therein without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof as, for example,the heel-piece can be made with its edges straight, as indicated indotted lines, and in lieu of the set-screw to clamp it to the last anadjustable block can be placed in the groove in the last, which can beset for any desired size of shoe, so that when once set a removableheel-piece can be inserted and withdrawn without securing the same tothe last.

No separate claim is herein made to my improved jack, as it will be madethe subjectmatter of a separate application therefor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A boot and shoe last having an extensisible sole and heel, theextensible piece having one end supported by a post, the lower end ofwhich rests on the last,at about the instep thereof, as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The boot and shoe last having the sliding partial sole and heelextension ofdovetailform in cross section a portion of its length,fitting in a corresponding groove in the sole of the last, and having apendent arm or post fitting in a groove of the last-body, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

3. The boot and shoe last having in its sole a dovetailed groove, andhaving the extensible partial sole and heel part of adovetailed form incross-section a portion of its length, and having a binding-screw insaid dovetailed portion, and at its heel end a post or pendent armentering a groove in the last-body, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY STOOKMAN.

\Vitnesses:

J os. FORREST, Jos. R. EDsoN.

